Xbox Live streaming coverage of Call of Duty Championship
Starting from today until Sunday, 7 April, at the Palladium Theater in Hollywood, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) and its award-winning studio Treyarch in collaboration with Xbox are celebrating the incredible skill and dedication of the best esports athletes Call of Duty from all over the world, with the Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox. 32 of the most skilled team multiplayer Call of Duty: Black Ops II are addressing head-to-head on Xbox 360 to Microsoft to gain access to the prize pool by 1 million dollars and the opportunity for a team to secure the coveted honor of world champions of Call of Duty.
Activision meet the Call of Duty community, composed of more than 40 million players, transmitting streamed live minute-by-minute coverage of Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox, you can attend via Xbox LIVE Dashboard in the territories involved, on Xbox.com, Call of Duty, the Facebook page of Call of Duty, and finally through GameSpot and Twitch.tv, to cite some of the sources available. Live streaming of the final Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox will begin Sunday, April 7 PST 15:00 (00:00, "midnight" on Monday, April 8 Italian time).
"The Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox isn't just another video game tournament, but a celebration of Call of Duty and an award for the most dedicated and talented players of the franchise," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "We're gathering the colossal community of multiplayer Call of Duty under the banner, increasingly popular, eSport. This is a great moment for the franchise, but also for export, which will always be bigger and better from now on. "
For months these 32 teams were engaged in intensive training and challenges without respite, qualifying through events that were created by using the internal League to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, or through professional competitive circuits of Major League Gaming (MLG), Australian Cyberl League (ACL) and Electronic Sports League (ESL). Team as InFiDream from Asia, Epsilion.IRL from Ireland and Made in Brazil ... from Brazil will compete against teams from North America emblazoned as Optic Gaming and Fariko. Impact. The competition will culminate with the final live stream Sunday, April 7.
"The Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox has generated a tidal wave of interest in competitive game in Black Ops 2 and represents the continuing implementation of the initiative on eSport study," said Mark Lamia, Studio Head, Treyarch "either through internal qualification to the game during Season 3 of the leagues, or through other tournaments organized worldwideWe have seen and experienced the best of the best to compete in the Championship and we can't be more excited to offer a real international stage for our fans of Call of Duty, to let them live their enthusiasm of competitive game of Call of Duty. "
The Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox starts with a selection group stage eight groups of four teams each. The best two teams of each group will qualify for a double elimination draw of 16 teams, where the winning team will take home $ 400,000 of the total prize money from $ 1 million. The remaining seven teams will receive awards ranging from $ 200,000 for second place, $ 25,000 for the eighth.
Further details on Call of Duty Title, presented by Xbox, with the inclusion of rules and regulation complete, maps and modes of Call of Duty: Black Ops for the tournament, distribution of prizes, travel details and much more will be made available on the website elite.callofduty.com/esports .
